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    Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City
    Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City
    Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City
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    Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City

    By Reese Christian

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    A world famous psychic medium and cold case researcher unravels the history and mystery that make Georgia’s capital city a center of the supernatural.
     
    Do the ghosts of Civil War soldiers still march through the mists of Kennesaw National Battlefield on the outskirts of Atlanta? Can those who listen still hear the voices of the guests who died in the devastating Winecoff Hotel fire of 1946? Does the spirit of a young boy still ride the “black horse” on the Riverview Carousel at Six Flags Over Georgia?
     
    Drawing on her work with the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute at Bauder College and Ghost Hounds Paranormal Research Society, elite psychic medium and cold case researcher Reese Christian writes of the tragic past and the haunted present of Greater Atlanta. From Peachtree Street in the heart of downtown to the plantations and battlefields surrounding the city, join her in discovering the twisted histories of some of Atlanta’s most infamous landmarks and forgotten moments.
     
    Includes photos!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateAug 29, 2008
    ISBN9781625843692
    Ghosts of Atlanta: Phantoms of the Phoenix City
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    Reese Christian

    Reese Christian is an elite, world-renowned psychic medium, psychic detective, and paranormal investigator living in suburban Atlanta, Georgia. She has been featured for her work with Bauder College students cracking cold cases on CNN Crime, and her work is spotlighted on the twenty-fifth-anniversary DVD re-edition of Hollywood�s Poltergeist. She is also regularly featured on local FM morning radio show The Giant Show on Project 9-6-1 on 96.1. She is a member of the Cold Case Investigative Research Institute and Ghost Hounds Paranormal Research Society. Reese founded Presage Consultants, a group of professional psychics that is located in Atlanta. Visit her website at www.ReeseChristian.com.

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      Ghosts of Atlanta - Reese Christian

      INTRODUCTION

      Allow me to take you on a journey through ten of the most haunted locations that Atlanta has to offer. Together we will explore all of the emotions brought on by love, loss, tragedy, war and vengeance, to name a few. It is through these strong emotions that ghosts tend to linger and dwell in the places that they once knew. Their need to address unfinished business rules their reasoning, and they simply cannot or will not move on to a better place until they have accomplished their goals.

      I will introduce you to the restless spirits of disenfranchised Native Americans who were forced off of their land and died in the process of either fighting or fleeing; to Civil War soldiers who fought for their cause and died so young; to loving husbands, wives and parents who lost their loved ones to disease and tragedy; and even to a recently departed Atlanta mayor who loved his wife so much that he reached through the dimensions of time and space to communicate his wishes to her.

      Some of these places are famous worldwide while others are not quite as well-known. However, they are all very haunted and are worthy of the attention of those who care. So, sit back and relax while I share with you some of Atlanta’s most prominent history and haunted locations. The ghosts are still hanging around to share their stories—and maybe a good fright or two as well. On your next trip to Atlanta, make sure that you visit each and every one of them. They do tend to get quite lonely.

      ANTHONY’S RESTAURANT

      Formerly Known as the Pope-Walton House

      Anthony’s Restaurant is located in an upscale area on the north side of Atlanta, Georgia. Construction of this beautiful plantation home was begun in 1797 by a fourth-generation Anglo-American named Wiley Woods Pope in what is now known as Washington, Georgia, about 117 miles east of Atlanta. Once residing on a twenty-five-hundred-acre plot of land, the plantation was a thriving home to several hundred African American slaves. However, in 1865, during the aftermath of the Civil War while Union troops were infiltrating Georgia towns, soldiers came across this luxurious manor housing only a young mother named Mary Elizabeth Pope Walton, her infant daughter, Lula Belle Walton, and her nursing slave girl, Sarah Walton. The Union troops raided and looted the beautiful home, but left it intact and did not burn it due to the infant child. Later that same year, the man of the house, John Howard Walton, finally returned from the war. Unable to pay the now-freed laborers, he lost the estate to his father-in-law, Wiley M. Pope, who completed the house and lived there until 1891.

      In 1967, the home was meticulously moved over a three-year period to where it now sits on Piedmont Road in Atlanta, Georgia. It has been completely restored to its earliest glory using as much of the original materials as possible. The mansion is now utilized as an upscale, fine dining restaurant named Anthony’s, and the only addition has been a beautiful banquet hall built in the 1970s that is lovingly referred to as the Ladybug Room in honor of the very last hostess of the manor, Anna Almeda Pope, the daughter of Wylie M. Pope and Almeda A. Wooten, who lived there until 1920. Her nickname was Ladybug as a child, and as she grew older it evolved into Aunt Lady.

      Pope-Walton Plantation, 1840. Photo courtesy of Anthony’s and Denise Roffe.

      Pope-Walton House, pre–Civil War. Photo courtesy of Anthony’s and Denise Roffe.

      The manor prior to restoration. Photo courtesy of Anthony’s and Denise Roffe.

      Many people have claimed to have had paranormal experiences throughout the decades that Anthony’s has been open, and oftentimes the stories are very similar in nature. One such story is that the sound of bells can be heard late at night when there are no bells ringing or jingling anywhere. The belief is that this is Lula Belle running and playing in the house. When she was a young girl, her mother would sew small jingle bells into her petticoats so that she could keep track of her in the massive plantation, and now the young child’s spirit is believed to be playing with the living by letting us hear her bells.

      Whatever happened to Lula Belle Walton is a mystery. Although her name appears on the 1880 census of Wilkes County, she seems to disappear after that. She was listed as a white female, sixteen years of age, keeping house. I have searched various Georgia state and nationwide vital statistics records. There is no marriage record for Lula Belle Walton to be found anywhere in the United States. There is also no known grave of Lula Belle Walton.

      Anthony’s Restaurant as it stands today. Photo courtesy of Anthony’s and Denise Roffe.

      Given what we know of the aftermath of the Civil War, I can’t help but wonder if Lula Belle might have fallen in love with a Union soldier. Perhaps she left the state with him or married in secret, fearing retribution by her family. Whatever the reason for her disappearance, it seems that Lula Belle is at home again playing at Anthony’s.

      However, Lula Belle is not alone. In the foyer of Anthony’s, there are several historic photos hanging on the wall. One of them is a portrait of Mary Elizabeth Pope Walton in her wedding gown. It seems that she has been revealing herself through the years to many people in windows from afar, and she has been known to interfere with electrical activity, including turning lights on and off. The light switches that control the enormous upstairs chandeliers are on a back wall at the top of the stairs. The controls are dimmer switches—round knobs that one can turn up and down to dim and brighten the lights—but the buttons actually need to be manually pressed to turn the mammoth chandeliers completely on or off.

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